Leptomedusae - Jellyfish dkwsport Title: Libellules

Title: Libellules

Refined vintage marine-botanical art with a colour you won't find everywhere

intellectual elegance to a study

Émile Henri Bernard (28 April 1868 – 16 April 1941) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer

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Leptomedusae - Jellyfish dkwsport Title: LibellulesSmaller and more intricate than Haeckel's famous disc jellyfish, the leptomedusae in this plate are tiny hydrozoan bells, drawn with a jeweller's attention to detail. Their fine radial canals, fringed margins and threadlike tentacles are arranged in a balanced, almost kaleidoscopic composition, set against a deep background so that each pale bell seems to float and glow. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Ernst